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Sunset over Siene – Paris

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I still remember fresh as paint the day we landed in Paris. We got to the hotel after a very long twenty-two hours flight with two layovers and a missed connection at Heathrow. But soon we landed at Charles de Gaulle from the time we got in the cab (that smelt beautiful of an exotic cologne) to the reception at our hotel at Quai de Grenelle, Charles Michels it felt like there was a certain sense of charm and charisma in the air. Paris had hit us with its usual charm in less than a few hours of being there. Its not in vain people say.. je t’aime Paris. We chucked our big winter luggage, donned two layers of jackets and thermals and tip-toed in the fun and frolic of the winter crispness — about 2 degrees C along the beautiful Seine. wide-eyed! Taking it all in! We’re in Paris! What a sense of joy, pride, contentment. Sensory overload in a very nice way. Walking down past the Eiffel Tower, Trocadéro… Musée de la Mode, Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Elysées all in about few hours of having landed in this magical city. Having seen the movie — Midnight in Paris brought back all these beautiful memories afresh all over again. It really is such a magical city.
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2 Paris videos from our trip this year

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Wish we had taken more videos when in Paris but 2 is better than none yeah?

Ice skating on top of Hotel de Ville Metro

As we got off the metro and came up on ground level we discovered the ice skating ring on top of Hotel de Ville station. There were plent of people in there skating and having a good time. If you look closely one of them falls and they boo at him :) It was fun watching too.

As we got off the metro and came up on ground level we discovered the ice skating ring on top of Hotel de Ville. There were plent of people in there skating and having a good time. If you look closely one of them falls and they boo at him :) It was fun watching too.

View of Paris from The Eiffle Tower

This is a short video of how Paris looked very early on a February morning in 2008. The temperature up there was surely below zero and we literally froze but it was a fun experience. The top most viewing tier was closed for renovations but this was high enough for the vertigo me! :)

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Paris Je T’Aime

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the front cover of the movie Paris Je T'Aime, it has a sillhoutte of the Eiffel tower over a blue background with a red heart on top of the towerHaving watched Paris Je T’Aime a couple of nights back it brought back memories of our wonderful trip to Paris two months back. How fast is this year rolling by, we’re halfway through April already.

Paris Je T’Aime is a collection of sixteen; from memory, short movies put together by well knows directors from around the globe that came together to portray Paris in a way never before imagined. Each shows the city’s diversity and have in my opinion put into the film what they brought from their rich experience a plethora of scenes that play out in Paris’ neighbourhoods that stand out as being quirky, jovial, inspiring, zesty and full of surprises at times.
You could have a quick preview here: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/parisjetaime/

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Eiffel Tower in sight

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We followed down the historic Seine river for a few minutes and a couple of turns in and out and suddenly I spotted the momentous Eiffel Tower standing in all its glory… What a masterpiece… I noticed the driver look in the rear view mirror to catch a glimpse of my elation…I curtailed my jollity for the moment and reclined back on his leathery upholstered back-seat… Ahhh I sighed like a grown up with contentedness and relief now that I had finally witnessed it with my own eyes. The excitement and the joy was so overpowering it was hard to bottle up, but I did very well even if I say so myself :) . we’re at long last in the fashion capital of the world, we were indeed in the country of Ratatouille, the city of Musée du Louvre, L’Arc de Triomphe, Moulin Rouge!

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Landing in Paris – Charles de Gaulle

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And soon we were boarding another British Airways aircraft. This time the flight was going to be a nice and short 40 minutes! In my humble opinion Terminal 4 at Heathrow is too congested. Both for take off and landing. We taxied for a while till we got out close to the airstrip and waited our turn to take off. There were flights taking off almost every 45 odd seconds at 9 on a Sunday morning! Finally, we were air-borne having a lovely bacon sandwich with café au lait flying over the Queen’s Windor Castle and then over the English Channel and soon we’re in the French air-space. The aircraft was starting to descend and I was craning my neck from my window seat to spot the Eiffel Tower even though we were miles away. I was passionately curious.

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3 sleeps to Paris

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I cannot even begin to tell you how excited we are for our upcoming travel. If you aren’t sure what I am talking about here is a little recap to Bonjour Paris! :) We are anxiously counting down the days till we take off. Its not going to be a short flight, but having travelled Sydney to San Francisco to Washington DC to Raleigh all in one day with no stopovers… I’m imagining this Sydney to Paris, Charles de Gaulle International Airport via Bangkok and London isn’t going to be too far from my American Adventure.

Silhouettes on Paris
Silhouettes on Paris

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Bonjour Paris! Here we come

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Eiffel TowerThe lovely-lovely D has won us a fully paid ticket to Paris for two for a week. This also includes a stay at the Accor group of hotels in Paris for a week. GRATIS!!! Oh My God! We’re so ecstatic. I can’t even start to tell you… there’ll be more updates soon. The only pressing need is that we need to avail it by the end of this calendar year and we’re both extremely busy but hey you can never be too busy to take a free luxury ride to La Pari!

Bonjour Paris! Here we come.